The Highland Group

Name

The Highland Group

Legal name

The Highland Group

Website

https://thehighlandgroup.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Michaels

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements delivering measurable operational and financial results. Engagements are custom-designed with clear driver goals, weekly scorekeeping against financial metrics, and client organizations measure ROI continuously. No long-term service contracts required - value proven weekly.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Highland Group is a global management consulting firm that delivers custom-designed consulting engagements focused on measurable operational and financial results. Engagements combine Lean, SixSigma, 5S, SMED, and the proprietary 'System for Managing' framework with visual mapping methodology to drive behavioral change, throughput improvement, cost reduction, and working capital release across client organizations.

Product overview

The Highland Group is a global business consulting firm founded in 1991, serving industry-leading companies worldwide from offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. The company offers a portfolio of consulting services organized around three primary approaches: Needs-Based (custom consulting projects addressing specific operational or financial results in defined timeframes), Industry-Based (expertise across sectors including Mining & Metals, Aerospace, Automotive, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Consumer Products, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Engineering, Food & Beverage, Transportation & Logistics, and Private Equity), and Subject Matter-Based (specialized capabilities in Supply Chain, Working Capital, Sales and Marketing Effectiveness, Maintenance, Cost Reduction, Engineering, and Shared Services). Their core methodology, branded as the 'System For Managing,' incorporates visual mapping techniques, Lean principles, SixSigma, 5S, and SMED methodologies to drive measurable financial results and sustainable behavioral change in client organizations. All consulting engagements are delivered by senior consultants with a minimum of 15 years of industry and consulting experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Needs-Based Consulting Engagements Custom-designed consulting projects tailored to specific operational or financial results within defined, accelerated timeframes. Senior consultants (15+ years experience) engage directly with enterprise clients and scorekeep weekly against financial metrics. No off-the-shelf solutions.
• Industry-Based Consulting Practices Vertical industry consulting expertise across Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing & Engineering, Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Food & Beverage, Transportation & Logistics, Financial Services, Aerospace, and Private Equity sectors, with practice hubs in London, Calgary, Houston, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Abu Dhabi, Luanda, and Cape Town.
• Subject Matter-Based Consulting Expertise Specialized consulting capabilities in Supply Chain, Working Capital, Sales and Marketing Effectiveness, Maintenance, Cost Reduction, Engineering, Operational Effectiveness, Organizational Development, Shared Services, and other functional disciplines.
• System for Managing Framework Proprietary management system combining behavioral change, operational tactics, and barrier elimination to ensure sustainable results beyond engagement completion. Incorporates Lean, SixSigma, 5S, SMED, and visual mapping techniques.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% productivity improvement for aerospace client (Learjet)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Largest global management consulting firm; competes with Highland for large enterprise operational transformation and cost reduction mandates across mining, oil & gas, manufacturing, and consumer industries, but at much greater scale and with broader service lines.
• Bain & Company: Top-tier global strategy and operations consultancy with deep performance improvement practice; directly comparable in serving industrial and consumer clients on operational excellence and cost transformation.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global strategy consulting leader with a strong operations and industrial goods practice; competes for the same operational transformation and cost reduction mandates as Highland at the largest multinationals.
• Accenture Strategy: Global professional services giant with a sizable management consulting arm serving the same enterprise industrial, consumer, and life sciences clients on operational improvement, supply chain, and digital transformation.
• Oliver Wyman: Global management consultancy with deep energy, mining, and financial services practices; competes with Highland for operational excellence mandates in oil & gas, mining, and financial services.
• PwC Advisory / Strategy&: Big Four advisory with a strategy consulting arm (Strategy&) and broad operational improvement practice; competes for cost reduction and operational effectiveness work across Highland's mining, consumer, and life sciences verticals.

Direct peers

• Kearney: Operations-focused global management consultancy with strong mining, metals, and heavy industry practices; very close peer in delivering operational excellence, Lean, SixSigma, and procurement-led transformations to industrial clients.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Performance improvement and turnaround consultancy with significant private equity and operational due diligence practice; directly comparable to Highland on rapid-results operational engagements and PE-backed transformation work.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy and operations consultancy with strong industrial, automotive, and mining practices; comparable in custom-designed operational and turnaround engagements for large industrial clients.
• Arthur D. Little: Independent global management consultancy with industrial, energy, and operations practices; comparable mid-tier peer focused on operational and strategic advisory for large industrial and resource clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thgconsulting
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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